“We all know how it went when Europe changed from a culture addicted to depressants to one high on stimulants […] Within two hundred years of Europe’s first cup, famine and the plague were historical footnotes.
Governments became more democratic, slavery vanished, and the standards of living and literacy went through the roof. War became less frequent and more horrible.”
Stewart Lee Allen, The Devil’s Cup: A History of the World According to Coffee
Quotes about coffee: “We all know how it went when Europe changed …”
